Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history.
Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
Obedience is less painful than regret.
Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.
Formerly government was the responsibility of people; now people were the responsibility of government.
The challenge for capitalism is that the things that breed trust also breed the environment for fraud.
In order to work well, markets need a basic level of trust.
We make war that we may live in peace.
Make your relationship your number-one priority.
No one leaves a long-term relationship scot-free or without conflict.
I don't think there are many larger lessons to be found in sports.
If we can teach a teacher we can reach more people.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.
A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted.
I believe in traditional marriage.
Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.
A purely objective viewpoint does not exist in the cosmos or in politics.
When people tap into this politics of resentment, it usually ends ugly.
I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.
